There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

A young man with short silver-gray hair and a white long-sleeved coat covering his body walked out from the boundless forest.

But what was creepy was that four spider-like legs stretched out from his shoulders and trembled around him.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that what was being swung was none other than the whips released by the two vine snakes lying on the boy's shoulders.

Among them, the vine snake lying on Xiaoye's left shoulder was the first to give up. It retracted its vine whip in a whoosh, stuck out its pink tongue and panted.

"Are you tired?" Xiao Ye asked. "If you are tired, take a rest. There is no need to rush, Ditto."

As Xiaoye spoke, the vine snake on his left shoulder gradually lost its color and turned into a pool of purple mud. It stuck itself to Xiaoye's backpack, rubbing its belly and crying softly.

"You can't eat now." Xiao Ye continued on his way, opened the illustration and checked the time. "It will be dinner time in a while, so be patient."

Ditto had a sad face and made a lot of noise to express his dissatisfaction.

The vine snake had no such worries. It stretched out its vines, picked up the few apples on the tree, and started eating them by itself, without paying any attention to the Ditto who was waiting anxiously at the side.

Ditto swallowed his saliva with a slurp, grabbed Xiaoye's hair and pointed at the Vine Snake that was eating at his right shoulder, his eyes full of accusation.

"Really, there's nothing I can do about you." Xiao Ye sighed and decided to have lunch in advance. "This is just the first time, it won't happen again."

Ditto's eyes curved into crescents, and he shrank back onto Xiaoye's backpack with satisfaction, and made a mocking face at Snake.

Snake turned his head away and didn't look at the mean Ditto, sighing in his heart that his trainer had no principles at all.

It has been almost two weeks since I left Tokiwa City. Although I had agreed at the beginning to regulate the eating times and amounts, every time I see Ditto acting coquettishly, I soften my heart and break the rules I set.

However, he should be thankful that his trainer still has a bottom line that cannot be touched. Although he will advance meal times and secretly increase the amount of food, the rule of only eating three meals a day has never been broken. Even if Ditto rolls on the ground and plays tricks, it is of no use.

Gradually, Ditto also knew where Xiaoye's bottom line was. As long as this point was not violated, Xiaoye would almost always meet its unreasonable demands.

But Xiaoye, who was cooking at this time, had his own ideas.

Although Professor Oak has repeatedly asked to control Ditto's eating habits, he believes that we can't rush it and that the habits can be corrected over time. For now, it is only necessary to ensure three meals a day at the beginning.

Xiaoye poured out the Pokémon-specific food he had bought in Viridian City for Ditto and Snake, put a few candies next to Snake's plate, and put some snacks that Miss Junsha had apologized to him for next to Ditto's plate. Finally, he used a spoon to pour himself a bowl of porridge made of various foods, and a hearty lunch began.

Xiaoye took a small sip and found it tasted good. Just as she swallowed it, she saw something rushing out from the bushes next to her.

Apparently, Snakehead had also noticed the uninvited guest. With the previous experience of Ditto being captured as a lesson, it immediately used its vines to hold up the plate, fearing that another Pokémon would rush out and eat its lunch.

But Ditto obviously doesn't have such a reaction speed. After all, in the past it was the only one that snatched other people's food. How could anyone else have snatched its things?

So when it reacted, a Pokémon with a flower bud on its head had appeared in front of its plate and was eating its lunch.

"!" Ditto was angry. Why don't you do something else but come and steal my food?

Ditto transformed into the appearance of a Vine Snake almost in a millisecond, and used its vine whip to throw the bad guy away, away from its lunch.

But this Pokémon didn't care about the angry Ditto. It also stretched out its vines, but the difference between it and Ditto was that the vines it used were thicker, and there was even a sound of breaking through the air when it whipped down fiercely.

The two sides fought with vine whips, and Ditto was defeated without any suspense. He hugged the vines that were hurt and looked at his lunch that was gradually dwindling, crying without tears.

"Beauty of the Valley! Stop it now!"

A figure appeared where the Pokémon rushed out. She stood on the body of the Bulbasaur with her legs apart, locked its chin with both hands, and pulled it back with all her strength. "This is someone else's food!"

Xiao Ye stared at this scene in amazement, and only reacted when Ditto climbed onto his legs and cried. He quickly picked up Ditto and asked, "This Bulbasaur, have you been hungry for a long time?"

With great willpower and unwillingness to lose face, the trainer of Bulbasaur defeated the strong Bulbasaur with his frail body. After pulling it far away, he said helplessly, "I'm so sorry! We accidentally got lost in the forest. This kid did this because he was really hungry. He is usually very well behaved."

"Hurry! Bulbasaur, apologize to Ditto!" The girl forcibly pressed Bulbasaur's head down and bowed to apologize.

After swallowing a lot of food, Bulbasaur regained some of its sanity. It lay on the ground in shame and anger, with its head hung, and apologized weakly to its trainer.

Seeing the other party's sincere attitude, Xiao Ye's anger that had not yet been ignited was extinguished, especially after hearing the "gurgling" sound coming from the girl's stomach.

He refilled Ditto's food, patted its head and said to the man and pet, "Would you like to eat something? I made a lot today, it would be a waste if you don't eat it."

“Is it okay?” The girl raised her head, a blush appearing on her pale face. It was only because of her outstanding willpower that she didn’t pounce on it and start eating like Bulbasaur.

"No problem." Xiaoye nodded, took out food suitable for Grass-type Pokémon and poured it to Bulbasaur. "You're welcome. Eat it."

"Thank you! You are such a kind person!" The girl scooped a mouthful of the fragrant porridge from the pot, and tears of gratitude fell from her eyes. "I... I haven't had such delicious porridge in a long time!"

"Eat slowly, eat slowly." Xiao Ye saw the girl eating up the food in the pot like a whirlwind, especially her hands that were almost leaving afterimages when she was scooping up the food. "Be careful of the heat, there's still a lot, don't worry."

"It's so thick!" The girl's eyes were filled with tears. After swallowing the food, she asked, "My name is Fujino Sakura. What's your name, my savior?"

"My lifesaver is too exaggerated." Xiao Ye quickly handed her a glass of water to prevent her from choking. "My name is Shuo Gu Ye, just call me Xiao Ye."

"Yeah, thank you, Xiaoye." After drinking a glass of water, Fujino Sakura finally recovered. She lay down lazily with her round belly. "Then you can just call me Xiaoying."

Bulbasaur was also full and was lying next to its trainer, looking very comfortable.

"By the way, did you just say that you were lost in this forest?" Xiao Ye asked casually while cleaning up the dishes.

"That's right, Myoga and I have been lost here for five days." Seeing Xiaoye's actions, Xiaoying quickly stood up, snatched the dishes from his hands and smiled embarrassedly, "Leave the dishes to me, I can't eat your food for free and do nothing, right?"

"Let's go together." Xiaoye did not reject Xiaoying's kindness, but picked up the plates that Bulbasaur had put on the ground and said, "That was indeed very difficult. What was your original destination?"

"It's Tokiwa City." Sakura walked towards the nearby river. "I'm going to Tokiwa City to look for someone and challenge a gym!"

"The Tokiwa Gym was closed before." Xiaoye recalled the notice at the door of the Tokiwa Gym, put the plate into the pot and followed her, "Although the notice said that the owner will only be away for about a week, I'm not sure whether it is open now."

"How could this happen?" Sakura obviously hadn't expected such a situation to happen. She took out a hairpin from her long blue-purple hair. On the hairpin were four shining gym badges. "Aren't gym trainers not allowed to leave their own cities? I've challenged four gyms before and this has never happened before."

Four!

Xiao Ye looked at the disheveled Xiao Ying again. She put the hairpin back into her hair and was squatting down to wash the dishes with the running river water, but from her unfamiliar movements it was obvious that she rarely did such work on a daily basis.

How did she travel to this point alone?

"Actually, this is also my first time to go to the forest alone." Sakura shook off the remaining water on the dishes and said with a wry smile, "Before, I always traveled with my brother, and he was the one who did the cooking and leading the way."

"But I don't want to always rely on my brother!" Sakura looked up with a stubborn look that only appeared at this age. "If I rely on my brother for everything, this training trip will be meaningless to me."

"So you ran away secretly?" Xiao Ye asked on the way back after putting away the washed dishes.

"No." Sakura shook her head in self-mockery. "How could I have such courage? I was separated from my brother only because of some accidents. But luckily I have Bulbasaur to accompany me. It has been picking food for me these days, but it hasn't eaten much itself. If it weren't for it, I would have starved to death here a long time ago, right?"

A few crystal tears appeared in the corners of Sakura's eyes, but she quickly wiped them away with her hand.

She shook her head vigorously, raised her hands and rubbed her cheeks, then raised her head and smiled optimistically after a moment.

"I don't know why I suddenly became so negative just now. Maybe it's because I stayed in this forest for too long. Don't let me affect you."

After saying that, she started running first, shouting, "Competition! Let's see who gets back first!"

Xiao Ye stood there in a daze for a while before running. He could only see Xiao Ying's back as she ran wildly and hear her relaxed and happy voice.

"Beauty of the Valley! We are back! Did you miss me?"

When Myoga heard Sakura's voice, it immediately retracted its vines, pointed at the big tree that was broken in the middle, nodded to the confused Snake and Ditto, then put on a smile and ran towards its trainer.

Sakura was thrown to the ground by Myoga. She touched its flower bud and laughed, but she caught a glimpse of the big tree out of the corner of her eye, as well as Snakehead and Ditto who were staring at it without blinking.

At this time, Xiaoye also came with tableware, and his attention was also attracted by the fallen tree.

The air suddenly became quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the flapping of Bobo's wings overhead.

"Is it you, little rascal, who did this?" Sakura came to her senses and immediately pinched Bulbasaur's cheeks with both hands and pulled them. "How could you do this? What if you scare Snake and the others?"

The misunderstood Miaowacao felt pain and stretched out his whip to swing it around randomly, shouting something and looking very aggrieved.

"Wait a minute, Sakura." Xiaoye stopped Sakura's action. When he saw that Snake and Ditto were trying to stretch out their whips to hit a tree, he understood what Bulbasaur was trying to do. "Bulbasaur is teaching Snake and Ditto how to use the whips. It's not what you think."

"Eh?"

Sakura was stunned for a moment, and it was at this second that Bulbasaur avoided Sakura's clutches and stood aside angrily, as if she would not forgive him unless he apologized.

Sakura quickly squatted up and said in a flattering tone, "I knew my Bulbasaur wouldn't be so naughty. My Bulbasaur is the kindest Pokémon in the universe, right?"

But Miaowacao ignored her and turned his head away.

"Ah! I'm sorry, Myoga!" Sakura covered herself with Myoga, crying, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have misunderstood you. Please forgive me. You also know that I'm a fool. I can't do anything without my brother..."

When Bulbasaur heard the crying, it turned its head hesitantly and stretched out its vines to hug her and comfort her.

But when it turned around, it only saw Sakura's smiling face. Where did the tears come from?

Bulbasaur immediately realized that she had been tricked and was about to attack when Sakura interrupted her. She held Bulbasaur's face and kissed it, then stood up as if nothing had happened and happily walked to the Vine Snakes to teach them the techniques of using the Vine Whip.

"Vine Snake, you can't always think of using vines to catch things. Vine Whip is a very powerful skill. Sometimes whipping is more effective than tying up the enemy."

"Ditto, you don't have to imitate the thickness of the Bulbasaur vines. You just need to focus your strength on the vines and whip them hard. The power of the whip has little to do with the thickness of the vines."

……

With the help of Sakura, a trainer with four gym badges, it took only one afternoon for Snake and Ditto to make rapid progress. Although they could not break a tree like Bulbasaur, Snake could now leave a deep mark on the trunk, and Ditto could also break some thicker branches.

"That's right! That's it!" Sakura picked up the two Pokémon and rubbed her face against them. "You are so smart! You are much better than Bulbasaur back then!"

The named Miaowaca also nodded in agreement and demonstrated again how to use the whip.

"Everyone!" Xiao Ye rolled up his sleeves and walked to their side, with the delicious smell of food on his body. "Dinner is ready, you can eat now."

"Dinner is ready!" Sakura shouted with her arms spread out, and she ran while pulling the vines of Bulbasaur. "We can have dinner now! Great!"

At this time, Snake and Ditto realized that it was already dark. After training for an entire afternoon, they all covered their stomachs and looked at Xiaoye eagerly.

"Come up." Xiaoye smiled and stretched out his arms, letting them sit on his shoulders. "You've had a hard time today, haven't you? I've prepared some extra food for you."

Ditto recovered from its Bulbasaur form and sat on the left shoulder happily, eager to have a big meal.

Snake was also so hungry for the first time. He sat on the right shoulder almost at the same time as Ditto, urging Xiaoye to take them to dinner as soon as possible.

After dinner, Sakura helped Xiaoye wash the dishes just like she did at noon. After everything was cleaned up, Sakura asked for directions to Viridian City and said goodbye to Xiaoye. Even though Fujito Snake and Ditto were reluctant to let her go, they couldn't stop her.

"After all, I'm missing from my brother's place." Sakura pinched the faces of the two Pokémon and explained, "So I have to go to Viridian City early to meet up with my brother, otherwise he will be very worried."

Xiaoye did not try to persuade her to stay. Instead, he packed the Grass-type Pokémon food and the cooked food he had made while Sakura and the others were training in the afternoon into a lunch box, as well as some instant food he had bought in Viridian City but had not yet used, and handed it to her.

"Is this okay?" Sakura hesitated, looking at the food piled up in front of her. "If I take it away, what will you and Snake Ditto do?"

"It's okay." Xiaoye took out the map and pointed to their current location with the help of the faint light from the Pokémon Encyclopedia. "We are very close to Nibi City now. We can arrive there by tomorrow night at the latest. Therefore, we don't need so much food."

"Really? Thank you so much! You really are a good person!" Sakura was so moved that tears were about to flow down her cheeks. She quickly pulled Myoga to thank her, "Quick! Myoga, say thank you to Xiaoye for being so generous and selfless!"

"No, no, no." Xiaoye awkwardly avoided them and bowed. After helping Xiaoying up, he said, "I should be the one thanking you. Thanks to you, Snake and Ditto can understand the technique of using the vine whip. You know, for a trainer, the guidance of skills is much more precious than food."

"Hehe, then we won't be polite, just accept it!" Sakura put away the food with a smile, hesitated for a moment before leaving, and finally announced her decision, "After I meet my brother, I will make my thoughts clear and start traveling alone from now on."

She winked playfully and smiled, "Maybe I can meet you again. Don't forget to cook me a delicious meal when the time comes."

"I won't forget it." Xiao Ye nodded and held out her hand. "Then, we'll meet again if we're lucky?"

"Wrong!" Sakura shook hands back, "We will definitely see each other again."

Snake and Ditto also waved goodbye to Bulbasaur.

Soon after, Xiaoye put on her backpack, took the Vine Snake and Ditto who were swinging their vines excitedly, and set out on the opposite path of Sakura, heading towards Nibe City.